Image of an eye-level view of the hotel at the springs in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, which flourished as a spa under Dr. Christopher C. Graham until 1853; several buildings are surrounded by trees; two men and a boy stand on a road near a brick wall in foreground; manuscript text in ink (top center of image) describes the use of the grounds as a military asylum. "Drawn on stone by T. Campbell 1844."--text, bottom left margin. "W.C. Peters' Lith. Louisville."--text, bottom right margin. "The groves of this Establishment are so extensive, and the plan of improvement as such, that not more than one half of the buildings can be seen from any one point."--text, bottom center margin. "Gate of the western Military Asylum. This plate does not show one fourth of the buildings, and nothing of the grounds which are very extensive." - handwritten text, top of image.
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1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 39.69 x 52.86 cm (15 5/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
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